Adjustable rack for hanging articles

Abstract

An adjustable rack includes a plurality of hook members for hanging articles therefrom. The hook members are attached to a jointed frame from frame members which are pivotally attached to one another by pin joints. Sleeves formed integrally with the frame members cooperate with the hook members to form the pin joints.

I claim: 
     
       1. In a plastic rack for hanging articles therefrom, said rack including a first frame member and a second frame member pivotally attached to said first frame member by a pin joint, the improvement wherein said pin joint comprises a first sleeve formed integrally with said first frame member, a second sleeve formed integrally with said second frame member, said second sleeve extending only partially into said first sleeve and being rotatably received within said first sleeve, and a hook member extending into said first and second sleeves, said hook member including engaging means formed integrally therewith for engaging said second sleeve to thereby fasten said first frame member to said second frame member, said engaging means including a pin sized and shaped to frictionally engage said second sleeve, said pin including ribs extending radially outwardly therefrom so as to form a snug slip fit with said first sleeve and to engage a free end of said second sleeve. 
     
     
       2. An improved rack according to claim 1, wherein said pin has a free end which protrudes beyond said second sleeve. 
     
     
       3. An improved rack according to claim 2, wherein said free end of said pin includes a resiliently deformable bead sized and shaped to engage a shoulder on said second frame member to thereby mechanically fasten said second frame member to said first frame member. 
     
     
       4. An improved rack according to claim 3, wherein said hook member includes a head positioned adjacent to a free end of said first sleeve, said head having an annular groove sized and shaped so as to receive said free end of said first sleeve, whereby a seam formed between said hook member and said first sleeve is concealed from view by said head when said rack is in use.